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Disney, Universal launch first major studio lawsuit against AI company

LOS ANGELES — Entertainment giants Disney and Universal filed a copyright infringement lawsuit Wednesday against AI company Midjourney, calling the image generator a "bottomless pit of plagiarism." The lawsuit is the first major legal battle between Hollywood studios and an AI firm, and follows other suits by independent artists who have sued Midjourney and other generative artificial intelligence makers for using their creative work. The entertainment giants accused San Francisco-based Midjourney of pirating their libraries and making "innumerable" copies of beloved characters including

By Agence France-Presse - June 12, 2025

Foreign Business

World Bank lifts ban on nuclear energy financing

Economic managers reject wage hike bills

Jetstar Asia to close shop by end of July

Business group urges Senate to try Duterte

PH dropped from EU dirty money list

Govt infra spending rises to P261.8B

Trade 'framework' agreed by US, China

PCA: Coco pest problem worsens; still manageable

DOE launches 5th Green Energy Auction

Suspension of biofuel blend increase sought

SEC issues rules on crypto-asset service providers

Peso down anew but stocks gain

Coinchange and Kanga Exchange Announce Partnership to Drive 30% User Adoption For Passive Income

AgriFORCE (NASDAQ: AGRI) and BlueFlare Energy™ Execute Binding Letter of Intent for 1.3MW Alberta Bitcoin Mining Deployment and AGRI Reaffirms Commitment to Augment its Bitcoin Treasury Through Bitcoin Mined From These New Locations

311Literacy Launches "The Great People Manual” During Summer's Great Reading Tournament, Inviting Students, Parents, Teachers, Schools, and Sponsors to Join the Movement for Literacy and Character

Dylan Media Controls 40% of Share Capital and Requests Significant Share Buyback Offer

TGE Presents the Year's Highly-Anticipated Suspense Thriller Movie: "She's Got No Name"

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RA 11596 bans Islamic child marriages

By Persida Acosta

Stock Watch

Stock indices as of June 11, 2025

Marina officials led by Deputy Administrator for Operations Nannette Villamor-Dinopol with the World Bank Group during the launch in Manila. PHOTO FROM MARINA

Marina, World Bank launch ferry decarbonization plan

Students at Araullo High School Manila. PHOTO BY MIKE ALQUINTO

Campus Press

Senior high school in transition

By The Manila Times

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Bulacan State University students win top prizes in China tech contest

Fish farmers witness a demonstration of an artificial intelligence-assisted fish feeder at the International Institute of Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences of Universiti Putra Malaysia in Selangor, Malaysia. SEARCA PHOTO

Agribusiness

AI-assisted fish feeder cuts labor, waste

By Leander C. Domingo

Joel Dator (left), deputy director of the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech), leads the recognition of Nueva Ecija farmers’ cooperatives and associations on May 28, 2025. PHILMECH PHOTO

PHilMech recognizes Nueva Ecija farmer groups